Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld