There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.
Francois de La RochefoucauldToo great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHappiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldBefore strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld