It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.

God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.

I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.

Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.

envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.