In France we can cauterize wounds but we do not yet know any remedy for the injuries inflicted by a bon mot.
Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance.
Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
But woman brings disorder into society through passion.
Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.