The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe reason why most women have so little sense of friendship is that this is but a cold and flat passion to those that have felt that of love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld