Jean de la Bruyere

A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get read more

A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.

Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.

Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.

We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in
love.
[Fr., L'on confie son read more

We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in
love.
[Fr., L'on confie son secret dans l'amitie, mais il echappe dans
l'amour.]

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises
one, slights the other.

Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises
one, slights the other.