When two mouths, made sacred by love, draw near to each other to create, it is impossible, that above that ineffable kiss there should not be a thrill in the immense mystery of the stars.

When two souls have finally found each other, there is established between them a union which begins on earth and continues forever in heaven.

A translation in verse . . . seems to me something absurd, impossible.

Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as "foreign war"? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.