"A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are who already possess it." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Great men’s success should always be measured against the means they used to reach it." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Hope is the last thing that dies in man." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that are offered." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"In jealousy there is more of self-love than love." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of parts, even that of disinterestedness." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Love’s greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Nothing is so infectious as example." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"One forgives to the degree that one loves." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"The intellect is always fooled by the heart." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"The passions are the only orators which always persuade." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"The virtues and the vices are all put in motion by interest." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"There are more defects in temperament than in the mind." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the result of any great design, but of chance." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"True eloquence consists of saying all that should be said, and that only." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"We often forgive those who bore us, but can't forgive those whom we bore." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"We should not judge a man’s merits by his qualities, but by the use he makes of them." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended." Francóis de La Róchefoucald
"What causes us to like new acquaintances is not so much weariness of our old ones, or the pleasure of change, as disgust at not being sufficiently admired by those who know us too well, and the hope of being admired more by those who do not know so much about us." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." (Francóis de La Róchefoucald)
