inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.
[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'
women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love!
Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations in his conduct; if there are not, we may blame his manner of judging, but we are not the less bound to esteem him.