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

To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?

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 are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.

Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain.

When chaste people need body or mind to resort to action or thought, they find steel in their muscles or knowledge in their intelligence. Theirs the diabolic vigor or the black magic of will power.