The passion, observe, which is able to reflect, gives even to ninnies, fools, and imbeciles a species of intelligence, especially in youth. - Honoré de Balzac

La sainteté des femmes est inconciliable avec les devoirs et les libertés du monde. Emanciper les femmes, c'est les corrompre.

It is certain that during the sixteenth century, and the years that preceded and followed it, poisoning was brought to a perfection unknown to modern chemistry, as history itself will prove. Italy, the cradle of modern science, was, at this period, the inventor and mistress of these secrets, many of which are now lost.

Karşılık görmemiş duygular bazı ruhlarda kin haline gelir, bende ise öyle olmadı; yoğunlaştı bu duygular içimde, bir yer etti kendine, sonra da oradan hayatıma fışkırdı.