I have often said, and do think, that a Frenchman, who, with a fund of virtue, learning, and good sense, has the manners and good breeding of his country, is the perfection of human nature.

• 我常常这样说，也这样想，一个品德高尚、学识渊博、理性健全的法国人，再加上他们特有的仪态和良好的教养，可以说具有十全十美的人格了。