"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."
"Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth."
"Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope."
"Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy."
"Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather."
"Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance."