Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

— Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

— Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

— Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Tell me who admires and loves you and I will tell you who you are.

— Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Tell me who loves, who admires you, and I will tell you who you are.

— Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve