There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld