for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea - Honoré de Balzac

Tyranny produces two results, exactly opposite in character, and which are symbolized in those two great types of the slave in classical times — Epictetus and Spartacus. The one is hatred with its evil train, the other meekness with its Christian graces.

Mais que peuvent les malheureux? Ils aiment, voilà tout.

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.