One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.

Love which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women.

Who understands much, forgives much.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.

Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.