No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.

Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin.

Everybody all over the world takes a wife's estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.

Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.

Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance.

Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.