It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. - Jean de la Bruyere
The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many as can help him in making his fortune. - Jean de la Bruyere
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune. - Jean De La Bruyere
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. - Jean De La Bruyere
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. - Jean de La Bruyere
A pious man is one who would be an athiest if the king were. - Jean de La Bruyere
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. - Jean de la Bruyere
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. - Jean De La Bruyere
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present. - Jean de la Bruyere
The shortest and best ways to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours. - Jean de la Bruyere