When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.
The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.
Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.
Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.
We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
The evening of life brings with it its lamps.