A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks.

Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.

Economized love is never real love.

The Parisan, sauntering the streets idly, is as often a man in despair as a lounger.

France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same.

The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold.