Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely.
A monster which devours everything - that is familiarity.
France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same.