Maxims

by François de La Rochefoucauld

We all have strength enough to endure the troubles of others.

If we were without pride we should not object to pride in others.

Felicity dwells in taste and not in things; we are happy through having what we enjoy, and not what others deem enjoyable.

Love, like fire, cannot survive without continual movement, and it ceases to live as soon as it ceases to hope or fear.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

Some people would never have fallen in love if they had never heard of love.

Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds see all these things too, but are not hurt by them.