If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.
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 RochefoucauldThe evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge eversuperficial and imperfect.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld