You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting.
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
To live without loving is not really to live.