How alone everyone is in the vast tomb of the universe!

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

A loving maiden grows unconsciously more bold.

Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.

Ah! The seasons of love roll not backward but onward, downward forever.

Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.

The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.