As One Grows Older, One Becomes Wiser And More Foolish.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Behind Many Acts That Are Thought Ridiculous There Lie Wise And Weighty Motives.
Why Is It That Our Memory Is Good Enough To Retain The Least Triviality That Happens To Us, And Yet Not Good Enough To Recollect How Often We Have Told It To The Same Person?
It Is A Great Ability To Be Able To Conceal One’s Ability.
Preserving Health By Too Severe A Rule Is A Worrisome Malady.
Before We Set Our Hearts Too Much Upon Anything, Let Us Examine How Happy Those Are Who Already Possess It.
Good Advice Is Something A Man Gives When He Is Too Old To Set A Bad Example.
When We Are Unable To Find Tranquility Within Ourselves, It Is Useless To Seek It Elsewhere.
The Glory Of Great Men Should Always Be Measured By The Means They Have Used To Acquire It.
We Should Manage Our Fortunes As We Do Our Health – Enjoy It When Good, Be Patient When It Is Bad, And Never Apply Violent Remedies Except In An Extreme Necessity.
What Seems To Be Generosity Is Often No More Than Disguised Ambition, Which Overlooks A Small Interest In Order To Secure A Great One.
To Listen Closely And Reply Well Is The Highest Perfection We Are Able To Attain In The Art Of Conversation.
Small Minds Are Much Distressed By Little Things. Great Minds See Them All But Are Not Upset By Them.
Perfect Courage Means Doing Unwitnessed What He Would Be Capable Of With The World Looking On.
We Rarely Think People Have Good Sense Unless They Agree With Us.
Few Are Agreeable In Conversation, Because Each Thinks More Of What He Intends To Say Than Of What Others Are Saying, And Listens No More When He Himself Has A Chance To Speak.
Gratitude Is Merely The Secret Hope Of Further Favors.
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