The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
Saying "I love you" makes a demand, but creates no obligations.
Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.
Experience teaches us, but we scarcely know what.