He remained a bachelor , but not a stranger to love , which he counted the sixth sense : his inscription of the `` Physiologie '' to his beautiful cousin Juliette Récamier reads `` Madam , receive kindly and read indulgently the work of an old man .
He remained a bachelor , but he counted love as the sixth sense : his inscription of the `` Physiognomie '' . to his beautiful cousin Juliette Récamier reads `` Madam , receive kindly and read indulgently the work of an old man .