"Some men are so full of themselves..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.”

“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”

“We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.”

“It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.”

“Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.”

“Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.”

“He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep himself erect, shouldering his gun bravely. A door was suddenly opened, the draught caught the little dancer and she fluttered like a sylph, straight into the fire, to the soldier, blazed up and was gone! By this time the soldier was reduced to a mere lump, and when the maid took away the ashes next morning she found him, in the shape of a small tin heart. All that was left of the dancer was her spangle, and that was burnt as black as a coal.”

“He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”