"There are reproaches which praise, and praises..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach.”

“There are few good women who do not tire of their role.”

“Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment”

“Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.”

“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”

“He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink.”

“She is loveliness itself.”

“Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.”

“Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.”