At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

Compassion brings us closer to each other.

Yes, human salvation will come through science, but only through the nature-respecting science!

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.

Have the courage to make a mistake.

I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.

The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.

Nature has an incredible capacity for regeneration and growth, but we can't experience it if we stay fearful and focused on lack.

I am still associated with a heroic period in French cinema, and my name remains linked to this period.

I'm going to crush my competition and I'm going to enjoy doing it.

Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear.