However virtuous a woman may be, a compliment on her virtue is what gives her the least pleasure.

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

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 a…

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

The Congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

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 pl…

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

Women are the guardians of morality.

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

In love it is only the commencement that charms. I am not surprised that we find pleasure in frequently recommencing.

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

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 an…

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne

Even beauty may present a prism wearying to the eye.

- Michel, 14th Prince Of Ligne