Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.

It is dangerous to abandon one's self to the luxury of grief; it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish for recovery.

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.

What governs men is the fear of truth.

Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.