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Danh ngôn của Jean de la Bruyere (Sứ mệnh: 2)

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
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.
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.
Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
Love and friendship exclude each other.
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
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.
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.