It was impossible to see this woman without pleasure, or to leave her without regret.

Nothing better shows the inclinations of a man, than the nature of his attachments.
[Unless he be deceived in his choice, or that she, to whom he attaches himself, changes her character by an extraordinary concurrence of causes, which is not absolutely impossible.

Were this consequence to be admitted without modification, Socrates must be judged of by his wife Xantippe, and Dion by his friend Calippus, which would be the most false and iniquitous judgment ever made.
However, let no injurious application be here made to my wife.

She is weak and more easily deceived than I at first imagined, but by her pure and excellent character she is worthy of all my esteem.] Those who had once seen the gentle Godefroi, immediately knew the good and amiable Parisot.
I was much obliged to all these good people, but I afterwards neglected them all; not from ingratitude, but from that invincible indolence which so often assumes its appearance.

The remembrance of their services has never been effaced from my mind, nor the impression they made from my heart; but I could more easily have proved my gratitude, than assiduously have shown them the exterior of that sentiment.