"I have always been a great admirer of the wisdom of the ancients, and I have always been of the opinion that there is a great deal to be learned from them."

"The American women are certainly not pretty... They are not graceful, they are not elegant, they are not accomplished, they are not intellectual, they are not virtuous, and they are not honest."

"The never-failing beauty of the spring!"

"I don't believe in the existence of a single human being who is not a rascal."

"It is a most extraordinary thing that I have never been able to get a moment's peace in my life, without having to pay for it."