We cannot possibly imagine the variety of contradictions in every heart.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our conversation.
Francois de La RochefoucauldCustomary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld