In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.

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

Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.

in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to preserve it in eternal youth.

Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges from enslavement and degradation, the human race again perfects itself.

Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.