When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld