“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.”

“Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.”

“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.”

“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”

“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”

“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”

“I never speak in silence.”

“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

“The month of May is the pleasant time; its face is beautiful; the blackbird sings his full song, the living wood is his holding, the cuckoos are singing and ever singing; there is a welcome before ...”

“Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.”

“You're the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste!”

“It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.”

“Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste and amuses himself by applying it triumphantly wherever he travels.”