The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld