Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man

Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.

Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space.

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.