There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence, as there are physical maladies which a physician ought to seek to heal without letting the sufferer know that he has discovered their extent.

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.