A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIdleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld