It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire."

"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."

"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."

"Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route."