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

Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.

A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.

Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.