The impossible is justified by the fact that it occurred

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

Reading brings us unknown friends

A woman in love has full intelligence of her power; the more virtuous she is, the more effective her coquetry.

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

Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.