But woman brings disorder into society through passion.
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
They ended as all great passions do end - by a misunderstanding.
All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.