There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld