Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.

The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune.

Thanks to the toleration preached by the encyclopedists of the eighteenth century, the sorcerer is exempt from torture.

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.