The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.
Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.
A man's own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe.
Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.
The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have placed in the way of her happiness.
For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.