We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld