But does not happiness come from the soul within? - Honoré de Balzac

Political liberty, the tranquility of a nation, nay, knowledge itself, are gifts on which destiny has laid a tax of blood!

A child is tied to our heart-strings, as the spheres are linked to their creator; we cannot think of God except as a mother's heart writ large. It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

L’amour est profondément égoïste, tandis que la maternité tend à multiplier nos sentiments.