A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.

Grief ennobles the commonest people because it has its own essential grandeur. To shine with the luster of grief, a person need only be sincere.

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.