To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

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

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

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.

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

Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

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.