Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives only for him, her thoughts are full of his future, he must have a great career, she bids him make it glorious; she can obey, entreat, command, humble herself, or rise in pride; times without number she brings comfort when a young girl can only make moan.

The election of a deputy to the Legislature offers a noble and majestic spectacle comparable only to the delivery of a child. It involves the same efforts, the same impurities, the same laceration, and the same triumph.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.

The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.