Of all human sentiments, enthusiasm creates the most happiness; it is the only sentiment in fact which gives real happiness, the only sentiment which can help us to bear our human destiny in any situation in which we may find ourselves.

I desire no other proof of Christianity than the Lord's Prayer.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.

Between God and love, I recognize no mediator but my conscience.

Unhappy love freezes all our affections: our own souls grow inexplicable to us. More than we gained while we were happy we lose by the reverse.

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.