If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.

nothing is stronger or better founded than the sentiments for which we can give no reason.

Ah! mon Dieu! how the mind shrinks by loving! it is true that the soul does not, but what can one do with a soul?

Oh, my dear, my tragedy is that you don't need to be loved as I know how to love.

Oh! you shall see how well I know how to love! I can only love; I know only how to love! With moderate faculties, we can yet do much when we center them on a single object.

You soothe my soul. You fill it with so tender a sentiment that it is sweet to live during the time that I see you.

You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.