Convictions are prisons.
The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'
Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out.
No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.
Speaking of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us.