Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.

Manners form the great charm of women.

A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.

Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.