Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

It is for truth that God created genius.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.

We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.

Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals some of these miracles of patriotism, of which woman is the instrument in the hands of God.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.