Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

Love may be the fairest gem which Society has filched from Nature; but what is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood? A smile has dried my tears.

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

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

No hawk swooping down upon his prey, no stag improvising new detours by which to trick the huntsman, no dog scenting game from afar is comparable in speed to the celerity of a salesman when he gets wind a deal, to his skill in tripping up or forestalling a rival, and to the art with which he sniffs out and discovers a possible sale.

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

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.