The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.

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

Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

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.

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