That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above.

Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.

The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.

One doesn't always lose when one has to do without.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.