No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.

A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur.

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles.

An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.