Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMany young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA readiness to believe ill of others, before we have duly examined it, is the effect of laziness and pride. We are eager to find aculprit, and loath to give ourselves the trouble of examining the crime.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld