It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all; she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOur actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNo man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld