More quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route."
"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."
"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen."
"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily."
"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."