Read moreNo man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
Read moreThe court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished.
Read moreIt is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Read moreOne seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
Read moreMen blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
Read moreEven the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.