In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined