Who understands much, forgives much.
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.
[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.
Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time.
The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.