There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn to their own prejudice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld