There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.
Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld