"A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"At the beginning and at the end of love the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"If poverty is the monther of crime, stupidity is its father."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not write at all."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well timed."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

"The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things."
- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)