Author of quotes: Eugène Scribe

Believe me, people get used to anything, even to grief.

... He forgot and love of adventure. It does not particularly upset me. His wife has more free time... when the husband is busy doing something. Now my husband, fearing exposure, tremble before me as soon as I have a suspicion... and suspicion arises in me when I want to. What are the benefits? Before, he was very stingy, and now he refuses me nothing.

- ... And yet, not losing presence of mind, I bravely fighting at his post in the ranks of the defeated.
- What do you do?
- Hope and wait.
Some great revolution?
- No... the case... the whim of fate... of grit, which will overturn the chariot of the winner.
- And you can create this grain of sand?
- No, but if I find her, I will throw a wheel... Talent is not to compete with the foresight to invent events, but to be able to use them. The more insignificant they are, however, in my opinion, they are more important. The great consequence of small reasons!.. Here is my system!..

You should never neglect small values, because through them we come to a large. You think probably, like most people, the political catastrophe of the revolution, the fall of empires caused a serious, deep and important reasons... Mistake! Heroes, great men conquer the state and supervise them; but they, these great people are at the mercy of their passions, their whims, their vanity, that is the smallest and most pathetic of human emotions.

- O heaven!.. So you are unhappy?!
- Not at all... I'm broke, and that's all!.. But I've never felt so good, I was never so happy and free.

Old age is the age of frustration... <...> And youth - age of illusions.

Cesarina: ... He's an idiot, but he's my uncle, I need somewhere to put.
Bernard: What he can do?
Cesarina: absolutely nothing.
Bernard: let it in for public education - make it there some inspector, in short, think of some kind of sinecure.

I think he didn't love me - that's the most annoying... <...> In their heart inclinations, we are free. I forgot, I'm not thinking about it... but the resentment I harbored for a lifetime...

Zoe: How come he allows himself to turn?..
Agatha: And he has no idea that they twirl... on the Contrary, the will, he has... and a strong will... (smiling.) But it is the will of his wife...

Some wise man said that there are three kinds of friends: friends who love us, friends who do not love us and friends who hate us. With this third breed friends to be nicer...

... wait, expecting no risk... Always something may come to mind, and when in a hurry...

Zero set at the right place becomes of great value.