The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWithout humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHappy people rarely correct their faults; they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld