Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.
A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.
Dignity and love do not blend.
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.
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid.