All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive joy or sorrow.

When women love, they forgive everything...

Necessity is the spur of genius.

You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.

Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.