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.
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons and talents as materials you can mine assay and fabricate for profit and defense.
