Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld