The happier you are, the more apt you are to make a prudent decision.
A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr. , Le commencement et le declin de l'amour se font sentir par l'embarras ou l'on est de se trouver seuls. ]
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.
Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes.
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because cats live by their ability to smell, it can no longer recognize things. I'm a cat that hit its nose.
I have a passionate desire for personal privacy. I want to stand before the world, for good or bad, on the book I wrote, not on what I say in letters to friends, not on my husband and my home life, the way I dress, my likes and dislikes, et cetera. My book belongs to anyone who has the price, but nothing of me belongs to the public.
Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.