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

I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place.

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

There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence, as there are physical maladies which a physician ought to seek to heal without letting the sufferer know that he has discovered their extent.

Heaven sends us misfortunes as a moral tonic.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.