It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.

Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality.

It is the qualities of the heart, not those of the face, that should attract us in women, because the former are durable, the latter transitory. So lovable women, like roses, retain their sweetness long after they have lost their beauty.

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.

Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never.

Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.

Virginity is the poetry, not the reality, of life.