Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld