What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld