Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves