How Sweet, How Passing Sweet,

Love Receives Its Death-wound From Aversion, And Forgetfulness Buries It.

To Forget Someone Means To Think Of Him.

A Prince Wants Only The Pleasure Of Private Life To Complete His Happiness.

Piety With Some People, But Especially With Women, Is Either A Passion, Or An Infirmity Of Age, Or A Fashion Which Must Be Followed.

The Most Important Things Must Be Said Simply, For They Are Spoiled By Bombast; Whereas Trivial Things Must Be Described Grandly, For They Are Supported Only By Aptness Of Expression, Tone And Manner.