No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPrudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld