There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.

[On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.

We always cut our poetical theories to suit our talent.

The most beautiful landscapes in the world, if they evoke no memory, if they bear no trace of a remarkable event, are uninteresting compared to historic landscapes.

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love