It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.
A good book is an event in my life.
God's only excuse is that he does not exist.
In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.