An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.