No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely.
I had toward the poetic art a peculiar relation which was only practical after I had cherished in my mind for a long time a subject which possessed me, a model which inspired me, a predecessor who attracted me, until at length, after I had molded it
Manners form the great charm of women.
Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.