Gesta Romanorum.[802:1]

Madame Du Deffand. 1697-1784.

He [Voltaire] has invented history.[801:5]

It is only the first step which costs.[801:6]

In reply to the Cardinal de Polignac.

Jean Jacques Rousseau. 1712-1778.

Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,—
Days of absence, I am weary:
She I love is far away.

Days of Absence.

We read of a certain Roman emperor who built a magnificent palace. In digging the foundation, the workmen discovered a golden sarcophagus ornamented with three circlets, on which were inscribed, "I have expended; I have given; I have kept; I have possessed; I do possess; I have lost; I am punished. What I formerly expended, I have; what I gave away, I have."[802:2]

Tale xvi.

See how the world rewards its votaries.[802:3]

Tale xxxvi.

If the end be well, all is well.[802:4]

Tale lxvii.

Whatever you do, do wisely, and think of the consequences.

Tale ciii.