Existence is only felt to be valuable while it is necessary to some one dear to us. The moment we become aware that our death would leave no aching void in a human heart, the charm of life is gone. WOMEN. There is a vast difference between a feminine, and an effeminate woman; the first has all the gentleness of her sex,—the second, all the weakness. PLEASURE. Pleasure is like a cordial; a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys. POETRY. The gleams in the poetry of some writers are like straw fires, bright, vivid, but transitory. COSMETICS. There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. COURTIERS. The two principal requisites in a courtier are, a flexible conscience, and an inflexible politeness. MISFORTUNES. There are some misfortunes, the recollection of which floats ever uppermost in our minds, like oil thrown on water. WOMEN. Young women ought, like angels, to pardon the faults they cannot comprehend; and old women, like saints, should compassionate, because they have endured temptations, and experienced the difficulty of resisting them. MEDIOCRITY. In the society of persons of mediocrity, he who has the most wit will please the least, for each person will either misunderstand, or be jealous of him. COSMETICS. Cosmetics are to the face, what affectation is to the manners; they impose on none, and disgust many. MEN. A vicious man is governed by his appetites, a weak man by his affections, but a wise man is governed by his principles. MORALISTS. To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be. WOMEN. Those women who are most loved by their own sex, are precisely such as are least sought by the other. CONSCIENCE. He who takes conscience for his guide, will not easily lose his way. MINDS. A sensible mind applies patience to misfortunes; a frivolous one, forgetfulness. CONSCIENCE. Conscience oft slumbers, but has fearful dreams, And wakes as painfully as mourners do From the first sleep that follows the dread shock Of losing one that dearer was than life. MISFORTUNES. They only can thoroughly compassionate misfortune who have drunk from its bitter cup; for, how can the prosperous freely sympathize in that which they have never experienced, and consequently cannot understand? YOUTH AND MATURITY.