The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. - François de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to be wise for others than for oneself.

From all this one might reasonably conclude that its (self-love) desires are kindled by itself alone rather than by the beauty or value of the things desired, which are given their price and their lustre by its taste alone, and that when it pursues things that are are to its liking it is running after itself

Ce qui nous donne tant d’aigreur contre ceux qui nous font des finesses, c’est qu’ils croient être plus habiles que nous.