Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth.

An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table.

Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.

But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.

To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored.

Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.

After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.