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

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

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.

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

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

[Ridicule] laughs at all those who see the earnestness of life and who still believe in true feelings and in serious thought ... It soils the hope of youth. Only shameless vice is above its reach.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.