We never respect those who amuse us however we may smile at their comic...
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals...
Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.
Here Fashion is a despot and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
Talent like beauty to be pardoned must be obscure and unostentatious.
Make the most of your regrets never smother your sorrow but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
