You must beware of the chambermaids of Paris, my honest friend.

Shall I tell the girl, from you, that, unwilling to give her the fatigue of going up and down so many flights of stairs, you will for the future waive her visits of ceremony ?" "Why, Doctor Franklin, she is a very sweet little girl." "I know it, my honest friend; the sweeter the more dangerous.

Arsenic is sweeter than sugar.

I know you are a very sensible young man, not to be taken in by an artful Ammonite, and so I think I had better convey your message to the girl forthwith." So saying, the sage withdrew, leaving Israel once more gloomily seated before the rifled mantel, whose mirror was not again to reflect the form of the charming chambermaid.
"Every time he comes in he robs me," soliloquised Israel, dolefully; "with an air all the time, too, as if he were making me presents.

If he thinks me such a very sensible young man, why not let me take care of myself ?" It was growing dusk, and Israel, lighting the wax candle, proceeded to read in his Guide-book.
"This is poor sight-seeing," muttered he at last, "sitting here all by myself, with no company but an empty tumbler, reading about the fine things in Paris, and I myself a prisoner in Paris.