In family life people almost always adjust themselves to misfortune. They make a bed of it and hope makes them accept that bed, however hard it is.

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

The impossible is justified by the fact that it occurred

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.

A woman in love has full intelligence of her power; the more virtuous she is, the more effective her coquetry.

Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to dispense them from admiration, a vulgar emotion.