Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.

Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?

We love because we love.

If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.