There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest.
Jean de la BruyereEvery man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.
Jean de la BruyereAn assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.
Jean de la Bruyere