One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.

Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.

And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.

If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive joy or sorrow.