“We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.”

“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.”