Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSmall minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld