Quotes from La Rochefoucauld

We do not regret the loss of our friends by reasons of their merit, but because of our needs and for the good opinion that we believed them to have held of us.

We rarely think that people have good sense unless they agree with us.

We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

One can find women who have never had a love affair but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring

True love is like seeing ghosts; we all talk about it, but few of us have ever seen one.