However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOld people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSome good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld