Romance is the poetry of literature.
Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.
Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid.
Love is the only possession which we can carry with us beyond the grave.
When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.
The quarrels of lovers are like summer storms. Everything is more beautiful when they have passed.