Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or not artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.
Jean de la BruyereThe most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.
Jean de la BruyereWe can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere