Are all ends of life so sad?
Nothing is ours really, not even our own souls!
Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.
Nothing's far when one wants to get there.
I am said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. About that, of course, I cannot judge because I cannot know. But about the other queens, I know. I am the most beautiful queen in Europe.
What curious little corners of folly are to be found in even the sanest brain!