If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. — Jean de La Bruyere
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. — Jean de La Bruyere
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her — Jean de La Bruyere
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. — Jean de La Bruyere
The opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. — Jean de La Bruyere
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. — Jean de La Bruyere
Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit — Jean de La Bruyere
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them. — Jean de La Bruyere