Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known.
To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
The great fault in women is to desire to be like men.
Women have a genius for love; men can only learn the art indifferently.
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.