Francois de La Rochefoucauld Credit Quotations

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.