Not the zeal alone of those who seek Him proves God, but the blindness of those who seek Him not.

That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.

Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.

If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.

If a man loves a woman for her beauty, does he love her? No; for the smallpox, which destroys her beauty without killing her, causes his love to cease. And if any one loves me for my judgment or my memory, does he really love me? No; for I can lose these qualities without ceasing to be.