For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

The innocence of virgins is like milk which turns when exposed to a clap of thunder, to a tart smell, to a hot day, to the merest nothing.

A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.

Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.