We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld