Men have written in the most convincing manner to prove that death is no evil, and this opinion has been confirmed on a thousand celebrated occasions by the weakest of men as well as by heroes. Even so I doubt whether any sensible person has ever believed it, and the trouble men take to convince others as well as themselves that they do shows clearly that it is no easy undertaking.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld