The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.
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 RochefoucauldThe boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all; she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld