It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld