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

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

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.

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...

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...

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we...

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

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...

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

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 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 veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

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...

Love is like the ocean waves, it either has it high or low times and...

Love is like the ocean waves, it either has it high or low times and...

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to...

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to...

A friend is known when needed.

A friend is known when needed.

Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb

Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb