The greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNo matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld