Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld