Jean de La Bruyere

A man must be very inert to have no character at all.

Jean de La Bruyere

A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and insipid.

Jean de La Bruyere

A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has a good deal of brains and is almost fit to be a statesman.

Jean de La Bruyere

A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd.

Jean de La Bruyere

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

Jean de La Bruyere

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

Jean de La Bruyere

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

Jean de La Bruyere

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

Jean de La Bruyere

A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.

Jean de La Bruyere

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Jean de La Bruyere