To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

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.

The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.

A Gothic building engenders true religion ... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a silent image of that infinite mystery which the soul for ever feels, and never comprehends.

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

Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.