We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMoral severity in women is only a dress or paint which they use to set off their beauty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it; it deprives them of knowledge of remedies which can solace their miseries and can cure their faults.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld