When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for the interest of the business, because they wish to have the honor of succeeding in that which they have undertaken.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld