Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.

By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.

In a husband, there is only a man; in a married woman, there is a man, a father, a mother and a woman.

Handsome widows, after a twelve-month, enjoy a latitude and longitude without limit.

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

Despotism accomplishes great things illegally; liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally.

It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.