Love is above the laws, above the opinion of men; it is the truth, the flame, the pure element, the primary idea of the moral world.

The universe is in France; outside it, there is nothing.

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love

Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks.

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.

Happy the land where the writers are sad, the merchants satisfied, the rich melancholic, and the populace content.

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