弗朗索瓦六世、罗奇福卡德公爵、马尔西拉克王子是法国著名的道德学家，也是《箴言与回忆录》的作者。他是古典主义文学运动的一部分，以他的格言而闻名。
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
猜疑滋生嫉妒。当这些怀疑变为确定时，激情要么停止，要么变成绝对的疯狂。
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
爱情往往导致野心，但很少有人从野心回到爱情。
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
优雅之于身体，犹如理解之于心灵。
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
当一个人必须强迫自己对自己的爱忠诚时，这几乎比不忠要好。
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
实际上，我们的美德往往不如伪装的恶习。
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.
我一直是个崇拜者。我认为，如果一个人想有所作为，敬佩的礼物是必不可少的；我不知道没有它我会在哪里。
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
嘲笑欺骗一个人胜过欺骗。
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
我们宁愿说自己的坏话，也不愿完全不谈自己。