Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.

Women? In order to realize how far these charming creatures we idealize can carry their cruelty, we must see them among themselves!

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.