As long as we love, we lend to the beloved object qualities of mind and heart which we deprive him of when the day of misunderstanding arrives.
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.
Certain names always awake certain prejudices.
Length of saying makes languor of hearing.
Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again.