The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.
The quarrels of lovers are like summer storms. Everything is more beautiful when they have passed.
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.
Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid.