The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.
a perfect piece of architecture kindles that aimless reverie, which bears the soul we know not whither.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay?
Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.
Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.