Society seldom forgives those who have discovered the emptiness of its pleasures, and who can live independent of it and them.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.

There is no cosmetic like happiness

It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.