Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.

You cannot pluck love out of your heart as you would pull a tooth.

Man can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous hopes, and commit sin only after wandering through a maze of sorrows.

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.