Things do not change; we change.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.

So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars.

But the eyes, though they are no sailors, will never be satisfied with any model, however fashionable, which does not answer all the requisitions of art.

How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?

If it is the result of a pure love, there can be nothing sensual in marriage. Chastity is something positive, not negative. It isthe virtue of the married especially. All lusts or base pleasures must give place to loftier delights. They who meet as superior beings cannot perform the deeds of inferior ones.

I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has regular features.