We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that we must travel nimbly, hardly daring to put down our feet.
Bernard le Bovier de FontenelleLet us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause. It is true, that this Method is too slow for the greatest part of Mankind, who run naturally to the Cause, and pass over the Truth of the Matter of Fact.
Bernard le Bovier de FontenelleIt is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the cbarm.
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle