Quotes by writer

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

"If women only knew the extent of their power!"

"Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin."

"Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom."

"Friendship between two women is always a plot against another one."

"Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided."

"If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty."

"If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious."

"Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty."

"Flowing water is at once a picture and a music, which causes to flow at the same time from my brain, like a limpid and murmuring rivulet, sweet thoughts, charming reveries, and melancholy remembrances."