“Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams
“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it
“It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar
“Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.