The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.
Francois de La RochefoucauldGratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld