Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

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

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles.

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.