A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

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

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

A Creole woman is like a child, she wants to possess everything immediately; like a child, she would set fire to a house in order to fry an egg. In her languor, she thinks of nothing; when passionately aroused, she thinks of any act possible or impossible.

Marriage is a fight to the death. Before contracting it, the two parties concerned implore the benediction of Heaven because to promise to love each other forever is the rashest of enterprises.

No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect.

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.