Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness.

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.

There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.