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. - Jean de La Bruyère

The people in Paris commonly ape the court, but they do not always know how to imitate it; they by no means resemble it in those agreeable and flattering outward civilities with which some courtiers, and particularly the ladies, affably treat a man of merit, who possesses nothing but merit.

Le temps, qui fortifie les amitiés, affaiblit l'amour.

All kinds of music are not suited to praise God and to be heard in the sanctuary; all methods of philosophy are not fit for discoursing worthily of God, His power, the principles of His operations, and His mysteries.