Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.
How chronic is the unconcern of men and women of the world!
it is easy to starve, but it is difficult to stoop.
Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.
Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.
love, which is a madness, and a scourge, and a fever, and a delusion, and a snare, is also a mystery, and very imperfectly understood by everyone except the individual sufferer who writhes under its tortures.