"Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.”

“Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.”

“We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of what passes in the world, often succeed beyond the greatest ability.”

“He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.”

“Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.”

“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.”

“If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.”

“The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a civic wild beast who should be hunted down by every lover of righteousness. No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.”

“When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant”