It may be said that the vices await us in the journey of life like hosts with whom we must successively lodge; and I doubt whether experience would make us avoid them if we were to travel the same road a second time.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPeople would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThat good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld