Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIdeas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld