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 RochefoucauldAs the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price for any good they can do.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld