One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
Doubt follows white-winged hope with trembling steps.