women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love!
Madame de StaelThere is no reality on this earth except religion and the power of love; all the rest is even more fugitive than life itself.
Madame de Stael[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.
Madame de Stael