Admiration bestowed upon any one but ourselves is always tedious.

Man can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.

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.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.'

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts.

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.