What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld