There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.
Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.