Jean de la Bruyere

“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.”

“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.”

“It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?”

“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.”

“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.”

“Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.”