In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope for greater favours.
François de La Rochefoucauld
How can we expect others to keep our secrets if we cannot keep them ourselves?
François de La Rochefoucauld
Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
François de La Rochefoucauld
What often prevents us from abandoning ourselves to one vice is that we have several.
François de La Rochefoucauld
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Passion often makes a fool of the wisest man, and often makes the greatest fools wise.
François de La Rochefoucauld
In friendship and in love, one is often happier because of what one does not know than what one knows.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Everyone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgement.
François de La Rochefoucauld
The vivacity which increases with old age is not so far removed from folly.
François de La Rochefoucauld
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
François de La Rochefoucauld
It is not a pain to give to ingrates, but it is an intolerable one to be obliged to a dishonest man.
François de La Rochefoucauld
We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
François de La Rochefoucauld
