There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThose that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNeither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld