Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.
Jean de la BruyereHow much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face or a fine hand does in a minute!
Jean de la BruyereMake me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!
Jean de la BruyereThe most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.
Jean de la Bruyere