If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.