The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.
How can we explain the perpetuity of envy--a vice which yields no return?
I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.
People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.
The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
White hair often covers the head, but the heart that holds it is ever young.
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
Six weeks with a fever is an eternity.
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