"I am a great admirer of the French language, and I believe it is the most beautiful language in the world."

"O Monarchs, ye are crowned by will, and law of Man, not Nature's hand. Though ye above the people stand, eternal Law stands higher still."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doesn't take their fancy. The serpent is forever enticing them to come to him, to the tree of mystery. They must have the forbidden fruit…"

"The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery."