Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?

London, thou art the flower of cities all!

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.