Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.

How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.