Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

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

Love is the poetry of the senses.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.

The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.

Admiration bestowed upon any one but ourselves is always tedious.