The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth
Francois de La RochefoucauldGenerally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld