Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.

A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.

The Christian religion alone contemplates the conjugal union in the order of nature; it is the only religion which presents woman to man as a companion; every other abandons her to him as a slave. To religion alone do European women owe their liberty.

Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us.

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism.

An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone.