The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.
Jean de la BruyereWhen we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.
Jean de la BruyereLife is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.
Jean de la Bruyere