"It takes nearly as much ability to..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.”

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

“Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.”

“The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends”

“A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.”

“The unstable estimates of men crowd to him whose mind is filled with a truth, as the heaped waves of the Atlantic follow the moon.”

“Stuff a cold and starve a cold are but two ways. They are the two practices, both always in full blast. Yet you must take the advice of the one school as if there was no other.”

“What's my credibility? Why are they looking to me for advice? Isn't there someone more qualified?”

“Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.”