“If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.”

“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.”

“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”

“Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.”

“A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.”

“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”

“There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.”

“Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.”

“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”

“People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.”