Jean de La Bruyère Quote

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Optimist: A proponent of the doctrine that black is white

Optimism: The doctrine or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties