[To Bonaparte, when asked why she meddled in politics:] Sire, when women have their heads cut off, it is but just they should know the reason.
To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
Thought can never be compared with action, but when it awakens in us the image of truth.
We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love
Love is admiring with the heart. And admiring is loving with the mind.