To weep is not always to suffer

If you would succeed in the world, it is necessary that, when entering a salon, your vanity should bow to that of others.

Homeliness is the best guardian of a young girl's virtue.

Ah! the spendthrift, love; it gives all and everything with the first sigh!

Men call physicians only when they suffer; women, when they are merely afflicted with ennui.

I have never tasted pleasures so true as those I have found in the study of books, in writing, or in music. The days that succeed brilliant entertainments are always melancholy, but those which follow days of study are delicious; we have …

Let me draw your attention to Mzilikazi, when he fell upon us, murdering and pillaging – did he benefit from it, or suffer harm? Was he able to remain in his country, or did he have to flee? Let me draw your attention to our negotiations …