Prostitution and robbery are two living protests, respectively female and male, made by the natural state against the social state.
Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners.
Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other.
Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues.
The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.