Until the fatal day he saw her, he had lived like a sage.

This, his first passion, burned him up; and, from the disaster, he saved only appearances.
The four walls remained standing, but the interior of the edifice was destroyed.

Even heroes have their vulnerable parts, Achilles died from a wound in the heel.

The most artfully constructed armour has a flaw somewhere.

Noel was assailable by means of Juliette, and through her was at the mercy of everything and every one.