Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

This child whom we Love, Brings daylight Into our soul.

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being.

A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.

You preserve your shame but you kill your glory.

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.