Jean de La Bruyere

To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author.

Jean de La Bruyere

To speak and to offend is with some people but one and the same thing.

Jean de La Bruyere

Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous.

Jean de La Bruyere

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty.

Jean de La Bruyere

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

Jean de La Bruyere

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

Jean de La Bruyere

We come too late to say anything which has not been said already.

Jean de La Bruyere

We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.

Jean de La Bruyere

We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood.

Jean de La Bruyere

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

Jean de La Bruyere