Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.

Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.

The monotony of provincial life attracts the attention of people to the kitchen. You do not dine as luxuriously in the provinces as in Paris, but you dine better, because the dishes serve you are the result of mediation and study.

Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.

No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea.

Suffering predisposes the mind to devoutness; and most young girls, prompted by instinctive tenderness, lean towards mysticism, the obscurer side of religion.