There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFuneral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld