The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.

When one of those skirt-bearing animals has set herself up above all by permitting herself to be deified, no power on earth can be as proud as she.

As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts.