Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and the mother of his children. Be…

- Octave Feuillet

Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal.

- Octave Feuillet

Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.

- Octave Feuillet

The ideal itself is but truth clothed in the forms of art.

- Octave Feuillet

Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.

- Octave Feuillet