A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
Jean de la BruyerePiety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.
Jean de la BruyereThe pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.
Jean de la Bruyere