To saunter is a science; it is the gastronomy of the eye. To take a walk is to vegetate; to saunter is to live.[Flaner est une science, c’est la gastronomie de l’œil. Se promener, c’est végéter; flaner c’est vivre.]
Source:(Dana Estes & Co., ed. 1901), Part I. A General Consideration, Meditation III. Of the Honest Woman, Page 31