Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

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.

You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.

Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.