Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMost men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld