There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.
Francois de La RochefoucauldModeration is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld