The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.

When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.

The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love.

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.

The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.

The heart has always the pardoning power.