"Those who are overreached by our cunning..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.”

“Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.”

“The only thing constant in life is change”

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

“The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.”

“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”

“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? ...people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.”

“You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing.”

“Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?”