The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.
Jean de la BruyereAt the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
Jean de la BruyereThe great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.
Jean de la BruyereWhat is certain in death is somewhat softened by what is uncertain; it is an indefiniteness in the time, which holds a certain relation to the infinite, and what is called eternity.
Jean de la Bruyere