By and large, women have a faith and a morality peculiar to themselves; they believe in the reality of everything that serves their interest and their passions.

Pity is woman's sweetest charm.

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

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

Charity is not one of the virtues practiced on the stock market. The heart of a bank is but one of many viscera.

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.

Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.