Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.
Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld