In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld