The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
Francois de La RochefoucauldTo praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld