The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.

[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Exile: A tomb in which you can get mail.

Love which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women.

Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks.

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.