The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it is a sympathy, and in the body it is a hidden and delicate wish to possess what we love-Plus many mysteries.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld