Love is the symbol of eternity.

[Ridicule] laughs at all those who see the earnestness of life and who still believe in true feelings and in serious thought ... It soils the hope of youth. Only shameless vice is above its reach.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune!

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations in his conduct; if there are not, we may blame his manner of judging, but we are not the less bound to esteem him.