Quotes by : Jean de La Fontaine

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

By the work one knows the workman.

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

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.