When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.
It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them.
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Love is the pass-key to the heart.
A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.