We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSelf-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to themselves, and tyrants to all the world besides.
Francois de La RochefoucauldEvery one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld