We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld