Charles de Saint-Evremond
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.Collection: Great
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.Collection: Men
The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.Collection: Heart
Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.Collection: Retirement
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.Collection: Inspiring
The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.Collection: Censorship
A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.Collection: Men