What isn’t clear, isn’t French.
The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.
The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.
The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.