The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are always bored by the very people by whom it is vital not to be bored.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSpiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld