Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.
Jean de la BruyereOne seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
Jean de la BruyereEven the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.
Jean de la BruyereA coquette is one that is never to be persuaded out of the passion she has to please, nor out of a good opinion of her own beauty: time and years she regards as things that only wrinkle and decay other women, forgetting that age is written in the face, and that the same dress which became her when she was young now only makes her look older.
Jean de la Bruyere