The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.
Jean de la BruyereLet us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made. Such is their nature.
Jean de la BruyereThe slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
Jean de la Bruyere