Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.

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.

Love knows nothing of modesty.

The election of a deputy to the Legislature offers a noble and majestic spectacle comparable only to the delivery of a child. It involves the same efforts, the same impurities, the same laceration, and the same triumph.

Are not poets men who fulfill their hopes prematurely?

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.