"Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed" — Jean de La Bruyère

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Source: Sketches by Boz, The Broker's Man (1836)

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Source: Letter to James Madison (Jan. 30, 1787)

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones

Source: Letter to James Welch (Apr. 7, 1799)

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

Source: Artemis to Actaeon, Vesalius in Zante (1909)

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there

The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies

Jean de La Bruyère Quote