“When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman”

“At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone”

“Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within”

“One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched”

“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together”

“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think ”