"Extreme boredom provides its own antidote...." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.”

“Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.”

“The intellect is always fooled by the heart.”

“Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.”

“My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.”

“My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.”

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.”

“Find your happiness in yourself.”

“Insist upon yourself. Be original.”