Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts.

In a world of hunchbacks, a fine figure becomes a monstrosity.

Jealousy, an eminently credulous and suspicious passion, allows fancy the greatest possible play. But it does not bestow wit, it banishes all sense.

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man

Clothes are like a gloss that sets off everything; dresser were invented more to enhance physical advantages than to veil physical defects.

Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime admiring it and discovering new and changing phenomena that delight them. So it is with love.

Women? In order to realize how far these charming creatures we idealize can carry their cruelty, we must see them among themselves!