The more one judges, the less one loves.

But woman brings disorder into society through passion.

Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.

There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.

The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.

The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.