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.

You cannot pluck love out of your heart as you would pull a tooth.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?

In smart society men are jealous of one another after the fashion of women.