We should manage our fortune 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

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Fortune Quotes, Health Quotes, Violence Quotes

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be...

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be...

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for...

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for...

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

Temporary happiness can cause a lifetime of misery.

Temporary happiness can cause a lifetime of misery.