A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety.

I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.

All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!

A precedent embalms a principle.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.