It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.
The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.