More quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love."
"There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations."
"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves."
"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."
"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily."