Sending astronomers to Mexico and Peru, to measure the earth Sentiment is more prompt, and inspires me with fear She often carried her economy to a degree of parsimony She never could be agreeable to women She lose her head, and her accomplice to be broken on the wheel She drives quick and will certainly be overturned on the road She always says the right thing in the right place She awaits your replies without interruption Shocking to find so little a man in the son of the Marechal Should our system of cringing continue progressively Shun all kinds of confidence Simplicity of the Queen's toilet began to be strongly censured Since becoming Queen she had not had a day of real happiness Situated as I was betwixt fear and hope Situations in life where we are condemned to see evil done So many crimes perpetrated under that name (liberty) So great a fear of hell had been instilled into the King Sold cats' meat and tripe in the streets of Rome Soon tired of war, and wishing to return home (Louis XIV) Spark of ambition would have destroyed all his edifice Spirit of party can degrade the character of a nation Spoil all by asking too much Spoke only about as much as three or four women Step is but short from superstition to infidelity Stout, healthy girl of nineteen had no other sins to confess Subject to frequent fits of abstraction Subjecting the vanquished to be tried by the conquerors Sufferings of individuals, he said, are nothing Sulpicians Supported by unanswerable reasons that did not convince Suppression of all superfluous religious institutions Suspicion and tyranny are inseparable companions Suspicion of a goitre, which did not ill become her Suspicion is evidence Sworn that she had thought of nothing but you all her life Taken pains only to render himself beloved by his pupil Talent without artifice Tastes may change Teacher lost little, because he had little to lose Thank Heaven, I am out of harness That what he called love was mere debauchery That air of truth which always carries conviction That Which Often It is Best to Ignore The Jesuits were suppressed The emigrant party have their intrigues and schemes The King delighted to manage the most disgraceful points The charge of extravagance The three ministers, more ambitious than amorous The anti-Austrian party, discontented and vindictive The author (Beaumarchais) was sent to prison soon afterwards The record of the war is as the smoke of a furnace The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day The pretended reformed religion The King replied that "too much was too much" The King remained as if paralysed and stupefied The shortness of each day was his only sorrow The safest place on the Continent The most horrible sights have often ridiculous contrasts The old woman (Madame Maintenon) The nothingness of what the world calls great destinies The argument of interest is the best of all with monks The clergy, to whom envy is not unfamiliar The pulpit is in want of comedians; they work wonders there