Woman is the Sunday of man: not his repose only, but his joy; the salt of his life.
The indifference of men, far more than their tyranny, is the torment of women.
Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Coffee, the sober drink, the mighty nourishment of the brain, which unlike other spirits, heightens purity and lucidity; coffee, which clears the clouds of the imagination and their gloomy weight; which illuminates the reality of things suddenly with the flush of truth.
Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.