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.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.John F. Kennedy
Ninety-nine percent of the men and women of the FBI... are just professionals. I don't want Americans, if an FBI agent knocks on their door, to have to be worried about well, is he a Democrat or a Republican? He's an FBI agent.John F. Kennedy
I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy - I didn't agree with a lot of his politics - but we got to the point internationally where our friends didn't trust us. They were confused. And our enemies didn't quite respect us.John F. Kennedy
I trust Russia and China and Iran and North Korea like I trust a Jussie Smollett police report.John F. Kennedy