The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.

Poetry is the apotheosis of sentiment.

Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

The mind may be exhausted, but the language of the heart is inexhaustible.

Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.