Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThose who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld