It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?
Jean de la BruyereAn inconstant woman is one who is no longer in love; a false woman is one who is already in love with another person; a fickle woman is she who neither knows whom she loves nor whether she loves or not; and the indifferent woman, one who does not love at all.
Jean de la BruyereAs riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.
Jean de la BruyereThere are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.
Jean de la BruyereWhen we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.
Jean de la Bruyere