Francois de La Rochefoucauld
  • It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

  • As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

  • It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

  • We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

  • To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.