But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.

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

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance