February […].

To “sacrifice to the graces,” one must adorn oneself either a little or [a great deal].

February […].

First day of freedom regained.

In religion and in education, zeal that comes from the soul is everything, [because] in moral things fire always comes from some secret [light].

[Fénelon?] Insinuating simplicity (not insidious, however). [Suppleness], something of the spiral, which perhaps enters into good [grace]. — And something gentler than gentleness itself, [more] patient than patience. — A mind occupied in folding back upon itself.

February […].

Only the metaphysicians failed to recognize him because his [pleasing] style did not seem deep enough to them, not knowing that in [metaphysics] especially, images and colors deceive less than [abstractions] and shadows because we distinguish them better; and what most [resembles] light always more closely resembles [truth].

Abstractions speak well about abstract beings, but not about [metaphysical] ones.

The evidence of feeling. One feels oneself better than one sees oneself.

And that metaphysical beings, God, the human soul and spirits, [are] known through feeling much more than through conjecture and [above all] through combination.