Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSelfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.
Francois de La RochefoucauldAs great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld