The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPhilosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.
Francois de La RochefoucauldToo great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld