He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
Jean de la Bruyere

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
Jean de la Bruyere

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
Jean de la Bruyere

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

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
Jean de la Bruyere

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
Jean de la Bruyere

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
Jean de la Bruyere

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Jean de la Bruyere