Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

The more you judge, the less you love.

No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness.

For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth.

Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.

Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life's duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.