What Does it All Mean: MEAN MUGGIN

..watching this happen..

for a skilful flatterer perfectly well knows that a pleasing circumstance can never be too much exaggerated in the opinion of the person upon whom he means to practise

for, without sincerity, friendship is a mere name, that has neither meaning nor efficacy

"he who has the advantage should never appear sensible of his superiority."

One of my favorite books when I was a kid is by Anotine de Saint-Exupery...come on...The Little Prince?

“You're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass, since she's the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose.”

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

I had to memorize this

Seasick in England