We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

We always cut our poetical theories to suit our talent.

I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice.

Love is above the laws, above the opinion of men; it is the truth, the flame, the pure element, the primary idea of the moral world.

intellect is a sin that must be atoned for by leading exactly the life of those who have none.

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.