“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”

“The more things change, the more they are the same.”

“Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.”

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.”

“If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.”

“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”

“Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.”

“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”

“The more things change the more they remain the same.”

“Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits that which he has and that which he thinks he has.”

“The more things change the more they stay the same. (Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.)”