"A man often believes himself leader when..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Hope is the last thing that dies in man.”

“If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.”

“Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.”

“We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.”

“There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. But you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? You would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'No, this I cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.”

“Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.”

“In the United States, anybody can be President. That's the problem.”

“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”

“If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?”