Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhen great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld