Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.
We can invent only with memory.
Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.
Friendship between two women is always a plot against another one.
Flowing water is at once a picture and a music, which causes to flow at the same time from my brain, like a limpid and murmuring rivulet, sweet thoughts, charming reveries, and melancholy remembrances.