In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

All must respect those who respect themselves.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.