"One honor won is a surety for..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love.”

“We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.”

“Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.”

“Honor is simply the morality of superior men.”

“You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.”

“An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.”

“I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.”

“I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.”

“Talent is able to achieve what is beyond other people's capacity to achieve, yet not what is beyond their capacity of apprehension; therefore it at once finds its appreciators. The achievement of genius, on the other hand, transcends not only others' capacity of achievement, but also their capacity of apprehension; therefore they do not become immediately aware of it. Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.”