When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.

There is neither vice nor virtue, there are only circumstances.

Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such are the theologic virtues of marriage.

By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth by instinct.

Passion is born deaf and dumb.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.