A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhen the soul is ruffled by the remains of one passion, it is more disposed to entertain a new one than when it is entirely curedand at rest from all.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld