The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld