Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHe is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.
Francois de La RochefoucauldEven the most disinterested love is, after all, but a kind of bargain, in which self-love always proposes to be the gainer one wayor another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld