The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld