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

Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.

Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth.

Nature endows woman alternately with a particular strength which helps her to suffer and a weakness which counsels her to be resigned.

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!