Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.
Francois de La RochefoucauldModeration resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWere we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld