The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOld age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
Francois de La RochefoucauldEveryone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgment.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPassion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld