Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.

France is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion.

Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.