The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.

A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.

A woman in love has full intelligence of her power; the more virtuous she is, the more effective her coquetry.

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

Sects differ more in name than tenets.

In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning.

Everybody all over the world takes a wife's estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.