There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
Keyword(s): Power , Talent

Love is the poetry of the senses.
Keyword(s): Love

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

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.
Keyword(s): Jealousy

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
Keyword(s): Love , Tea

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
Keyword(s): Marriage

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
Keyword(s): Marriage

Marriage must constantly fight against a monster which devours everything: routine.
Keyword(s): Marriage

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
Keyword(s): Women

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.
Keyword(s): Clothing

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Keyword(s): Jewelry , Pleasure

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
Keyword(s): Justice

From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts.
Keyword(s): Needlework

This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of the battlefield, and the battle takes place.
Keyword(s): Coffee

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Keyword(s): Mothers

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Keyword(s): Passion

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.
Keyword(s): Jealousy

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
Keyword(s): Exaggeration

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
Keyword(s): Job