Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThose who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld