Friendship is a traffic wherein self-love always proposes to be the gainer.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThat which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld