I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

Be kind. Aim for my heart.

There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

Well, father, in the shipwreck of life, for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes, I cast into the sea my useless encumbrance, that is all, and I remain with my own will, disposed to live perfectly alone, and, consequently, perfectly free. (Eugenie to her father)

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.