“In jealousy there is more of self-love than love”

“We are often more treacherous through weakness than calculation”

“Absense diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.”

“Tres clases hay de ignorancia: no saber lo que debiera saberse, saber mal lo que se sabe y saber lo que no debiera saberse.”

“How rare true love maybe, it is less so than true friendship.”

“People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.”

“Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when than when too highly finished”