In France we can cauterize wounds but we do not yet know any remedy for the injuries inflicted by a bon mot.

A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is weak when composed of scattered individuals, to whom it matters little whether they obey seven or one, a Russian or a Corsican, so long as each keeps his own plot of land, blind in their wretched egotism, to the fact that the day is coming when this too will be torn from them.

Pure herring oil is the port wine of English cats

Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous hopes, and commit sin only after wandering through a maze of sorrows.

For young people always begin by loving exaggeration, that infirmity of noble minds.

To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?