That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!

That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting.