When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMost people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld