Fénelon

Shun praise but strive to deserve it.

If you want to form an opinion about a man, observe who his friends are.

Suffering depends not so much on what is suffered as on our imagination, which magnifies our afflictions.

Force can never persuade men; it only manages to make them hypocrites.

Ambition is more discontented with what it does not have than satisfied with what it has.

The good that is done is never lost.

He who has not suffered knows nothing; he knows neither good nor evil; he knows neither men nor himself.

Death will only be sad for those who have not thought about it.

Beautiful souls are the only ones who know all the greatness in goodness.

No human power can ever violate the impenetrable sanctuary of the freedom of the heart.

Love takes everything, and gives everything.

Only misfortune can turn a heart of stone into a human heart.