Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of — Jean de La Bruyere
Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, — Jean de La Bruyere
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. — Jean de La Bruyere
Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows — Jean de La Bruyere
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. — Jean de La Bruyere
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. — Jean de La Bruyere