No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

Great passions are incurable diseases.

All understanding begins in wonder!

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Errors belong to libraries; truth, to the human mind.