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

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption.

The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.

We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes us so light?' Agathe asked.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.