“Love is a game in which one always cheats.”

“It is absurd to pretend that one cannot love the same woman always, as to pretend that a good artist needs several violins to execute a piece of music.”

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness”

“True love is eternal, infinite and always like itself. It's always equal and pure. Without violent demonstrations: It is seen with white hairs and is always young at heart.”

“Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

“First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time.”