The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNeither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld