Any man, however blase or depraved, finds his love kindled anew when he sees himself threatened by a rival.

The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.

Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.

Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.

Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.

Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime admiring it and discovering new and changing phenomena that delight them. So it is with love.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.