We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Ornaments were invented by modesty.
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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.
Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.