“However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at last.” MenMayDifferentLastsBalanceFortuneIll Author:Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
“The disabusing a man strongly possessed with an opinion of his own worth is the very same ill office that was done to the fool at Athens, who fancied all the ships that came into the harbor were his own.” MenDoneOpinionFoolOfficeIllShipsPossessedHarborsAthens Author:Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt