Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.
Jean de la BruyereToo great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous.
Jean de la BruyereTo be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
Jean de la BruyereFriendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.
Jean de la Bruyere