It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.
You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.
As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.
You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.
Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.