It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSelfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld