There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

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.

Bored with the upsetting realities of the day? Then leave yourself to the calming mysteries of the night!

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.

My mother is an immensely powerful woman.

Having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer.

Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.

Learning is better worth than houses or land.

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer.

Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.