Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles Quotes

May your criminal enjoyments vanish as a shadow! may your ill-gotten wealth leave you without a resource; and may you yourself remain alone and deserted, to learn the vanity of these things, which now divert you from better pursuits!

One must count ones riches by the means one has to satisfy his desires.

The girl arrived; I thought her handsome; and as I doubted not that you would be mortified by my absence, I did most sincerely hope that she would be able to dissipate something of your ennui: for it is the fidelity of the heart alone that I value.

Some say that Love, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies.