Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.