Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.
The quarrels of lovers are like summer storms. Everything is more beautiful when they have passed.
Elegance is exquisite polish.
For the honest people, relations increase with the years. For the vicious, inconveniences increase. Inconstancy is the defect of vice; the influence of habit is one of the qualities of virtue.
A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.
Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.