Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Resignation is a daily suicide.

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.