In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.
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 Rochefoucauld