Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?

Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.

Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.

I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.

A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.

It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one's generation.