Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Love endows us with a sort of personal religion; we respect another live within ourselves.

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

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.

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

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.