The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. - Jean de La Bruyère

Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.

As favour and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

A man in health questions whether there is a God, and he also doubts whether it be a sin to have intercourse with a woman, who is at liberty to refuse; but when he falls ill, or when his mistress is with child, she is discarded, and he believes in God.