I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.

I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.

Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.

There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.