Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.