“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.”

“Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.”

“How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it”

“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”

“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”

“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”

“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”

“Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.”

“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”