What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOne thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.
Francois de La RochefoucauldΤο know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld