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• True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, not all that could be.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Gallantry consists in saying the most empty things in an agreeable manner. -- La Rochefoucauld
• Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 377...
• Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...
• The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 127...
• True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 76...
• Age is a tyrant, who forbids, at the penalty of life, all the pleasures of youth.
  -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld...