Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. -Jean de la Bruyere Friendship
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. -Jean de la Bruyere Society
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. -Jean de la Bruyere Music
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. -Jean de la Bruyere Patience
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. -Jean de la Bruyere Work
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation. -Jean de la Bruyere Death
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. -Jean de la Bruyere Future
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. -Jean de la Bruyere Sad
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. -Jean de la Bruyere Legal
It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile? -Jean de la Bruyere Smile
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. -Jean de la Bruyere Great
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. -Jean de la Bruyere Power
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 Death
