To appear rich, we become poor.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.

Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

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