Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die.
An attack on the roots of passion means an attack on the roots of life.
Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me.
Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.
Love forgives the lover even his lust.
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.