Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others…

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part…

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred…

Only the contemptible fear contempt…

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones…

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once…

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all…

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of…

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second…

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so…

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable…

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think…

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines…

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate…

Taste may change, but inclination never…