The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.

Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.