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

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...

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment...

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment...

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

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

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Of all the violent passions the one that becomes a woman best is love.

Of all the violent passions the one that becomes a woman best is love.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.