A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

The memories which come to us through music are not accompanied by any regrets; for a moment music gives us back the pleasures it retraces, and we feel them again rather than recollect them.

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

The education of life perfects the thinking mind, but depraves the frivolous.

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman.

How much past there is in a life, however brief it be.