Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
Most people know no other way of judging men’s worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
