In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.

Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.

If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

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.

Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.