"That which is actually good never alters."

"There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever."

"The greatest pleasure is to be loved."

"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."

"The difference between us and the English is that they are always thinking of what they are going to say, and we are always thinking of what we have said."