Admiration bestowed upon any one but ourselves is always tedious.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.

But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world.

A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed!

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.

Paris, like every pretty woman, is subject to inexplicable whims of beauty and ugliness.