A lady with whom I was riding in the forest said to me that the woods always seemed to her to wait, as if the genii who inhabit them suspend their deeds until the wayfarer had passed onward; a thought which poetry has celebrated in the dance of the fairies, which breaks off on the approach of human feet.

If I am the devil's child, I will live then, by the devil.

Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.

Fame is proof that the people are gullible.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Women see through Claude Lorraines.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.