1. Moraux is here derived from moeurs, and its meaning is "fashionable" or, more strictly, "of manners."

2. Translation: "Music is the only talent that you can do by yourself; all of the others need witnesses." 3. Speaking of the tides, Pomponius Mela, in his treatise "De Sitū Orbis," says "either the world is a great animal, or" etc.

4. Balzac--in substance--I do not remember the words.

5. Translation: "Solitude is a beautiful thing; but is it necessary to have someone to tell to that solitude is a beautiful thing?"

6. Florem putares mare per liquidum aethera. --P. Commire