Nothing can be done except little by little.

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

Woman is natural, that is to say, abominable.

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

Unable to suppress love, the Church wanted at least to disinfect it, and it created marriage.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

Forest, I fear you! In my ruined heart your roaring wakens the same agony as in cathedrals when the organ moans and from the depths I hear that I am damned.