В самом деле, не ошибается ли тот, кто воображает, что чувства умирают и рождаются вновь? Возникнув, они живут вечно в глубине нашего сердца. Они дремлют и пробуждаются по воле случая; но навсегда остаются в душе и меняют ее.

چنین زنی که مهم ترین حوادث را نمی توانست به یاد بیاورد، چیزهایی را که به احساساتش مربوط بودند، در سراسر زندگیش، به خاطر می آوردص88، نشر نگاه

Are not our noblest feelings as it were the poems of our will.

Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.

The privilege of feeling at home everywhere belongs only to kings, wolves and robbers.

Nos beaux sentiments ne sont-ils pas les poe sies de la volonte ? Aren't our best feelings poetry of the will?

What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.

I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.

Virtue is always too much of a piece and too ignorant of those shades of feeling and of temperament that enable us to squint when we are placed in a false position.