Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank. - Jean de La Bruyère

S'il est vrai que l'on soit pauvre par toutes les choses que l'on désire, l'ambitieux et l'avare languissent dans une extrême pauvreté.

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.

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.