Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

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.

Many minds that have withstood the most severe trials have been broken down by a succession of ignoble cares.

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.