“A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.”

“A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children.”

“Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil.”

“He who has seen the misery of man only has seen nothing, he must see the misery of woman; he who has seen the misery of woman only has seen nothing, he must see the misery of childhood.”

“In fact, he who has only beheld the misery of man has seen nothing; the misery of woman is what he must see; he who has seen only the misery of woman has seen nothing; he must see the misery of the child.”

“A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure.”

“The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.”