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

Self-love, so sensitive in its own cause, has rarely any sympathy to spare for others.

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.

Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman.

Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.

The most beautiful landscapes in the world, if they evoke no memory, if they bear no trace of a remarkable event, are uninteresting compared to historic landscapes.

Men do not change; they unmask themselves.