Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNovelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld