Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time.
Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.
[To Bonaparte, when asked why she meddled in politics:] Sire, when women have their heads cut off, it is but just they should know the reason.
Love is the symbol of eternity.
Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.
the last steps of life are ever slow and difficult.