"We would frequently be ashamed of our..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.”

“Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.”

“The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.”

“Humans are very seldom either totally sincere or totally hypocritical. Their moods change, their motives are mixed, and they are often quite mistaken as to what their motives are.”

“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”

“I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.”

“I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.”

“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.”

“Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.”