[On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.
Madame de StaelThe voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
Madame de StaelPrayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Madame de Stael