François VI. de La Rochefoucauld Quote

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Optimism: The doctrine or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Optimist: A proponent of the doctrine that black is white