If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
Jean de la BruyereAll the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.
Jean de la BruyereThe passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
Jean de la Bruyere