“God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains.”

“Whoever has loved knows all that life contains of sorrow and joy.”

“No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.”

“God has written in the law of nature that when two people are joined in love or friendship, one must always give his heart more perfectly than the other.”

“He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.”

“There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.”

“I'm beginning to believe that there are angels disguised as men who pass themselves off as such and who inhabit the earth for a while to console and lift up with them toward heaven the poor, exhausted and saddened souls who were ready to perish here below.”