Life: b. May 26, 1951
Birthday: May 26
I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.
Topics: Men, Garden, Essentials
Women are the guardians of morality.
Topics: Morality, Guardian
Even beauty may present a prism wearying to the eye.
Topics: Beauty, Eye, May, Prisms
The Congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.
Topics: Government, Doe, Vienna
Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors without having done anything to deserve them.
Topics: Thinking, Done, Favors, Courtesans
The most happy women within their homes are those who have married sensible men. The latter suffer themselves to be governed with so much the more pleasure, as they are always masters of themselves.
Topics: Happiness, Home, Men, Happy Woman
In love it is only the commencement that charms. I am not surprised that we find pleasure in frequently recommencing.
Topics: Love, Pleasure, Charm
However virtuous a woman may be, a compliment on her virtue is what gives her the least pleasure.
Topics: Giving, May, Compliment
