Francois De La Rochefoucauld, Reflexions Ou Sentences Et Maximes Morales

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

The most dangerous folly of old people who were once attractive is to forget that they are not so any longer.

The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.

There are very few women in society whose virtue outlasts their beauty.