I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.

The Congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.

I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.

Even beauty may present a prism wearying to the eye.

In love it is only the commencement that charms. I am not surprised that we find pleasure in frequently recommencing.

However virtuous a woman may be, a compliment on her virtue is what gives her the least pleasure.

Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors without having done anything to deserve them.