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

All happiness depends on courage and work.

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

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.

The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.

Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.

In France we can cauterize wounds but we do not yet know any remedy for the injuries inflicted by a bon mot.