The key to all sciences is unquestionably the question mark. To the word How? we owe most of our greatest discoveries. Wisdom in life may perhaps consist in asking ourselves on all occasions: Why?

The union of a want and a sentiment.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.

Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a woman sublime.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.