"Passions often produce their contraries: avarice sometimes..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“We are always bored by the very people by whom it is vital not to be bored.”

“Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of.”

“That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.”

“Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.”

“To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.”

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

“There are sure to be two prescriptions diametrically opposite.”

“Nixon was a crook, of course, but he was also a rabid football fan - and he knew the game, which still astounds me, but I have always had a soft spot for him because of it.”

“Today you may write a chapter on the advantages of traveling, and tomorrow you may write another chapter on the advantages of not traveling.”