There are no ugly women there are only women who do not know how to look pretty.

— Jean de la Bruyere

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

— Jean de la Bruyere

There is no business in the world so troublesome as the pursuit of fame: life is over before you have hardly begun your work.

— Jean de la Bruyere

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors either distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Those who make the worst use of their time most complain of its brevity.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

— Jean de la Bruyere

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

— Jean de la Bruyere