The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld