A vocation is born to us all; happily most of us meet promptly our twin,--occupation.

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

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.

Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance.