Quand on ne trouve pas son repos en soimême, il est inutile de le chercher ailleurs. - François de La Rochefoucauld

Few men, nevertheless, can have unison in many matters without being a copy of each other, if each follow his natural turn of mind. But in general a person will not wholly follow it. He loves to imitate. We often imitate the same person without perceiving it, and we neglect our own good qualities for the good qualities of others, which generally do not suit us.

"En vieillissant on devient plus fou, et plus sage.

"Growing older, we become both wiser and more foolish.

It seems that nature has at man’s birth fixed the bounds of his virtues and vices.