He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

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.

Mysterious in the light of day, nature retains her veil, despite our clamours: That which she does not willingly display cannot be wrenched from her with levers, screws and hammers.

Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.

Love can do much, but duty more.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

One spares old people just as one spares children.