Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of all three.
Francois de La RochefoucauldConsidering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another's inconstancy.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld