She is so delicate I fear everything, even a sudden sentiment or emotion.

I have never taught her anything; knowledge would kill her." "She knows nothing!" cried Etienne, surprised.
"She has all the talents of a good housewife, but she has lived as the plants live.

Ignorance, monseigneur, is as sacred a thing as knowledge.
Knowledge and ignorance are only two ways of living, for the human creature.

Both preserve the soul and envelop it; knowledge is your existence, but ignorance will save my daughter's life.

Pearls well-hidden escape the diver, and live happy.