Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love.

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.

We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes us so light?' Agathe asked.

The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.

Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power.

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.