A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable; he dissimulates bad offices, smiles at his enemies, controls his irritation, disguises his passions, belies his heartm speaks and acts against his feelings.
Jean de la BruyereMisers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.
Jean de la BruyereA wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
Jean de la BruyereIn art them is a point of perfection, as of goodness or maturity in nature; he who is able to perceive it, and who loves it, has perfect taste; he who does not feel it, or loves on this side or that, has an imperfect taste.
Jean de la Bruyere