“I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.”

“You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.”

“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.”

“There shall be no Alps.”

“A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.”

“As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.”

“I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You”