eans of long pins; their hair is fixed to their heads by means of short ones, and sometimes it happens

s only the Grand-Ducal House of Tuscany, which for nearly three hundred years has exhibited royal

ting. What a pity it is that hu

now them well; men who always speak

t some men love them and dare not tell them so. However, they

r is that of a sweet, sensible, intelligent w

who is allowed to know the sec

rt for charity is without limit. If all women were in l

but almost an act of selfishness. It is for his own sake

a very bad drink. An excellent man and a very good

f modesty which should be appreciated by the

aised, you may take it for granted that she is not beautiful

t surely. Love will survive even infi

ally wrong ones. Women look at men, guess

oman makes to hide her age on

who is loved, but who does not lov

ut looking; men often

improved, by spectacles. Just imagine, if you can, the possibility of a bald woman with spectacles inspiring a tender passion! So much for the infallibility of the proverb, 'What'

t a powerful bond; but between the two there is a bottomless precipice into which love oft

t she very often forgets that she is so no longer. My pet aversion in society is the woman of sixty who succeeds

has, however, this decided advantage over it: a bachelor can always c

els for War, Pestilence, Death, Famine and Justice, Virtue, Glory, Victory, Pity, Charity. On the other hand, virtues and vi

th the same person. And although men and women may love several times

them, embellishes them, makes them look radiant and beauti

fe of a man. The first is when he has to say 'all' to

ease in the presence of a woman, you may be

an feels it. A man does not always know why

f a woman is the sound of the pr

e to each other they should each preserve their personality quite distinct. Marriage is very ofte

idence, and friendship. Those who seek in it frivolity, pleas

nly vocation for which candidates have had no training; ye

iscreet jealousy is almost a compliment to her, for it proves his lack of self-confi

at makes a wife so useful to an ambassador is that she adds her own p

resting in each other's eyes. Devotion, fidelity, attention to duty, and a

the eyes, gracefulness to the body, vibration to the voice. Love is the sun that hatches the flowers of the soul

dupes-the former of their hearts, the latter of their vanity. Wine well taken care of

acteristic traits of a man and of a wo

il then it is little more than rehearsing. Fortunate are those who re