Virtue is always too much of a piece and too ignorant of those shades of feeling and of temperament that enable us to squint when we are placed in a false position.

My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts.

When one of those skirt-bearing animals has set herself up above all by permitting herself to be deified, no power on earth can be as proud as she.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.

The privilege of feeling at home everywhere belongs only to kings, wolves and robbers.

A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness. Either they hate or they adore each other.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.