Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.

Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.

A woman who writes commits two sins; she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women.

Friendship between two women is always a plot against another one.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.