The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.
Francois de La RochefoucauldGratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld