To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhen we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld