No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

Lovers have a way of using this word "nothing" which implies exactly the opposite.

There is neither vice nor virtue, there are only circumstances.

Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others.

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.

When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more?