“A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.”

“Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.”

“A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.”

“In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

“Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.”

“The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.”

“Though I be but prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy.”