The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend but often those which meet the peculiar wants the natural thirst of his mind and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey at a mild season through a pleasant country in easy stages.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech whether in a senator or an orator.

In things to be seen at once much variety makes confusion another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once and have no respect one to another great variety is commendable provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

A beautiful bouquet or a long-lasting flowering plant is a traditional gift for women but I have recommended that both men and women keep fresh flowers in the home for their beauty fragrance and the lift they give our spirits.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy not gold.

Recommend virtue to your children it alone not money can make them happy. I speak from experience.

I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time such as kindness or cleverness.