Quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

Love and friendship exclude each other

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.