Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPerfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld