We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldAs uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNovelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld