3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
3 December 2020 Jean de La Fontaine We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.