Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.

People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable one of a few years gone by, is no more remembered than if centuries had closed over it.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

Only vain people wage war against the vanity of others.

Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.