No frozen-hearted woman ever I laid eyes on but has made duty her religion.

Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.

With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's infinite.

Charity is not one of the virtues practiced on the stock market. The heart of a bank is but one of many viscera.

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.