Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

In women everything is heart, even the head.

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.