"The desire of appearing clever often prevents..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy.”

“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”

“We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.”

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

“One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.”

“Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.”

“The world is all outside, it has no inside.”

“The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.”

“What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.”