The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often merely a respite or change of disease.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld