Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
Jean de la Bruyere

To 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 Bruyere

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Jean de la Bruyere

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.
Jean de la Bruyere

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
Jean de la Bruyere

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
Jean de la Bruyere

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
Jean de la Bruyere

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
Jean de la Bruyere

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
Jean de la Bruyere