Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

Reason is not what decides love.

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.