Jean de la Fontaine

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

One returns to the place one came from.

Luck's always to blame.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

By the work one knows the workmen.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.