"We are better pleased to see those..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.”

“It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.”

“We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.”

“If I extend an empty hand and in retrieving it and finding it still empty, I feel disappointment, that is foolishness; yet if I extend a hand which is full and yet find no one to receive it, then that is hopelessness.”

“When it comes to giving love, the opportunities are unlimited, and we are all gifted.”

“The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.”

“I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.”

“GRACE: All you can do is take it.”

“It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.”