We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPerfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld