Innocence and mystery never dwell long together.

In looking around me seeking for miserable resources against the heaviness of time, I open a book and I say to myself, as the cat to the fox: I have only one good turn, but I need no other.

Obligation is the bitterest thraldom.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.

A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.

Elegance is exquisite polish.