Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.

To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

Far less envy in America than in France.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. ... there are no age limits for love.

I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.