That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld