Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNumberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld