One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMen are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld