Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they'll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already.
Jean de la BruyereThe generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.
Jean de la BruyereCheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.
Jean de la Bruyere