There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

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

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

In a husband, there is only a man; in a married woman, there is a man, a father, a mother and a woman.

Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life's duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.