... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

the days, and the months, and the years, pass so swiftly, that I can no longer retain them. Time, in its flight, hurries me away, in spite of myself; in vain I endeavor to stop him, he drags me along: the thought of this alarms me.

We like so much to talk of ourselves that we are never weary of those private interviews with a lover during the course of whole years, and for the same reason the devout like to spend much time with their confessor; it is the pleasure of talking of themselves, even though it be to talk ill.

I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.

There is no one who does not represent a danger to someone.

Occupation is the best safeguard for women under all circumstances--mental or physical, or both. Cupid extinguishes his torch in the atmosphere of industry.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.