If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.
Jean de la BruyereIf men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.
Jean de la BruyereFavor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them.
Jean de la BruyereThere is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent; of sound limbs and health before the infirm; of houses and lands before one who has not so much as a dwelling; in a word, to speak of your prosperity before the miserable; this conversation is cruel, and the comparison which naturally arises in them betwixt their condition and yours is excruciating.
Jean de la Bruyere