The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.

No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea.

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to a gambling table when he sees that all that lies between him and death is his last crown.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence.