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

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.

It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation - to force the esteem of others - seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery, on the other hand, is demanded and pursued by the religious instinct; mystery constitutes the essence of worship.