The thought of eternity consoles for the shortness of life.

- Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

The greatest truths are commonly the simplest.

- Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

He who reckons ten friends has not one.

- Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes

To what gods is sacrificed that rarest and sweetest thing upon earth, friendship? To vanity and to interest.

- Guillaume-Chretien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes