It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.

Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks.

The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.

Man can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.

The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm.

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.