A smart daughter ought not to examine her future husband too closely. She ought to consider it a pleasure to find one agreeable to her father. - Alain-René Lesage

The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.

In order to know the worth of a virtuous husband, is it not necessary for the wife to be dispirited herself? First, give her a young man of twenty, and not only will she be fine, she'll have a reasonable husband.

A good doctor pursues his calling without any regard to a bad result. Otherwise, teaching in medical school might be called into question and where would we be then?