Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on chance.
Gossiping is the plague of little towns.
Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.
Sex is the most respectable and holy thing in all creation, the most serious act in life.
I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.
Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation, which is one of the most passionate forms of love.