The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.
Francois de La RochefoucauldLove is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld