"Sincerity is a certain openness of heart...." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.”

“You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else.”

“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”

“In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.”

“Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.”

“If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.”

“Say as you think and speak it from your souls.”

“I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.”

“Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.”