She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
The worst of faces still is human.
He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.
Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.
Loudness is impotence.
True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.