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

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.

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

If women only knew the extent of their power!