Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.

Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts.

Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.