A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

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

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.