Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such are the theologic virtues of marriage.

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

To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely.

Ah! the soft starlight of virgin eyes.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Doubt follows white-winged hope with trembling steps.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.