Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldAlmost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldTo establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld