Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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