Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while."

"Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world."

"The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others."

"If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength."

"Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power."

"No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong."

"To establish oneself in the world one has to do all one can to appear established."

"It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them."

"We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others."

"Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests."

"Hope is the last thing that dies in man."

"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."