In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him.

Women? In order to realize how far these charming creatures we idealize can carry their cruelty, we must see them among themselves!

If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.

The national budget is not a safe-deposit box. It is a spray can.

The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.

Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a woman sublime.

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.