It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
Francois de La RochefoucauldTruth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld