Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.

I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion.

She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.

An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.

Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.