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.

Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains.

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

...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

Love of country produces among men such examples as Cincinnatus, Alfred, Washington--pure, unselfish, symmetrical; among women, Vittoria Colonna, Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Jeanne Darc--romantic, devoted, marvelous.