Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

No human being can control love, and no one is to blame either for feeling it or for losing it. What alone degrades a woman is falsehood.

Nature distributes her favors unequally.

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.

And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.

It is extraordinary how music sends one back into memories of the past.

a woman, when she is heroic, is not heroic by halves.