The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.

We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.