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.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.

The fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine.

He who best knows the world will love it least.

Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.

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

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.