Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.

What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them