Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Men and cats are unworthy creatures.
Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation.
They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.
To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.
... I will never love, for I should never be loved as I desire to be loved.
What am I? Nothing. What would I be? Everything.