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.

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

Even beauty may present a prism wearying to the eye.

Women are the guardians of morality.

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.

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