The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Who understands much, forgives much.

There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.

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

Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.

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