We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.

For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.