That 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 RochefoucauldWe should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSome men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld