Kings do with men as with pieces of money; they give them what value they please, and we are obliged to receive them at their current and not at their real value.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
Francois de La RochefoucauldAs the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price for any good they can do.
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