When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

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

Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

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.

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

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.