Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

Genuine sorrows are very tranquil in appearance in the deep bed they have dug for themselves. But, seeming to slumber, they corrode the soul like that frightful acid which penetrates crystal.

The election of a deputy to the Legislature offers a noble and majestic spectacle comparable only to the delivery of a child. It involves the same efforts, the same impurities, the same laceration, and the same triumph.

Love may be the fairest gem which Society has filched from Nature; but what is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood? A smile has dried my tears.

I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.

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

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.