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

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.

Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power.

Jealousy, an eminently credulous and suspicious passion, allows fancy the greatest possible play. But it does not bestow wit, it banishes all sense.

Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else.

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.