Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
When we love, it is the heart that judges.
When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages; but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.
If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.
Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.
Tenderness is the rest of passion.