Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.

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?

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

Our most natural feelings are those we are loath to confess, and fatuity is among them.

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues.

It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.