Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we consult ourselves as to what we should say, what we should leave unsaid. There are few permanent secrets, and the scruple against revealing them will not last forever.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSome people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld