The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld