Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.