"There are few people more convinced of..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.”

“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joseph Gillespie, July 13, 1849 Friendship is insipid to those who have experienced love.”

“How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?”

“It is impossible to say all that we think, even to our truest Friend. We may bid him farewell forever sooner than complain, for our complaint is too well grounded to be uttered.”

“Modesty died when clothes were born.”

“There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.”

“How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?”

“When you think that you are beautiful, you are liable to think that you are more beautiful than others, and such a thought is not a beautiful thought. To recognize or criticize ugliness and inferiority in others is to create the inferior and the ugly in yourself, and what you create in yourself will sooner or later be expressed through your mind and personality.”

“I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.”