The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld