Poles offer a mobility like that of the wind that blows over the immense plains and marches of Poland. Show a Pole a precipice, and he will leap headlong over it.

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

The impossible is justified by the fact that it occurred

True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.