We do not attach ourselves lastingly to anything that has not cost us care, labor or longing.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

We love because we love.

To speak of love is to make love.

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.

There are two kinds of poets: those who feel and those who express themselves. The former are happier.