In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.

A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed!

A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife.

A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness. Either they hate or they adore each other.

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.

Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.