There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHowever great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHowever greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld