The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld