Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.
Francois de La RochefoucauldΤο know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld