The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.

The winter's frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen. So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners.

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts.