To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
To study in Paris is to be born in Paris!
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
The supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.
Toleration is the best religion.
He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.