The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without remedy.
Jean de la BruyereMake me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!
Jean de la BruyereA well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'
Jean de la Bruyere