It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. ... there are no age limits for love.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?