Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

When she lives at his palace, the maiden niece of a bishop can pass for a respectable woman because, if she has a love affair, she is obliged to hoodwink her uncle.

We love because we love.

I am not deep, but I am very wide.