Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

Industrialization of the building trade is a question of material. Hence the demand for a new building material is the first prerequisite.