Now you are no longer a giggling child, smiling at whoever comes along. You are a woman with power. Learn to control your smile, and you can control what men will think about you.

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.

These will be my last moments of peace. . . . From now on, my love. . . will bring nothing but chaos.

Why does life carry some people on the crest of the wave while others drown beneath the water?

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. —SUZANNE NECKER, WIFE OF JACQUES NECKER, MINISTER OF FINANCE

This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.