The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.

Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.

A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste.

If we study Nature attentively in its great evolutions as in its minutest works, we cannot fail to recognize the possibility of enchantment - giving to that word its exact significance.

Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?

My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts.

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.