Women themselves are so happy, and so beautiful, when they're strong, that they naturally choose powerful men, even if that power's so enermous there's a real risk it could shatter them.

Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.

Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life's duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.

What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible.