ROCHEFOUCAULD, LA : We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. (La Rochefoucauld, French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680)

ROCHEFOUCAULD, LA : Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire. (La Rochefoucauld, French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680)

ROCHEFOUCAULD, LA : We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies. (La Rochefoucauld, French nobleman and author of maxims and memoirs, 1613-1680)