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.

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.

The union of a want and a sentiment.

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

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

What a thing of fantasy a woman may become after dusk.