With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.
Our busy age does not always have time to read, but it always has time to look.