To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.
Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
Our true passions are selfish.
In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.