"Truth is the foundation and the reason..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.”

“It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.”

“Though most of the friendships of the world ill deserve the name of friendships; yet a man may make use of them on occasion, as of a traffic whose returns are uncertain, and in which 'tis usual to be cheated.”

“By doubting we come at truth.”

“If a man will stand up and assert, and repeat and re-assert, that two and two do not make four, I know nothing in the power of argument that can stop him.”

“Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.”

“The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.”

“Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.”

“My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.”