There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Francois de La RochefoucauldEloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld