💬 Quotes

"Visible man or not, I'm not going to be driven out of my own house by a pack of supernatural bogies."

"The great advantage of invisibility is that you can move through a crowd without being jostled, but the terrible disadvantage is that you are utterly alone."

"I became a muffled and invisible inhabitant of the unknown, brooding on my wrongs and my terrible discoveries."

"This invisible man is not a god, nor a spirit, but a criminal of a most singular and dangerous sort."

"My conduct, which erstwhile won me golden opinions, now draws down on me universal condemnation; but the change is in them, not me."

"There are no morals in Paris; there are only money and circumstances."

"If she be all that you describe her, she deserves to be a king's queen, and I've no doubt she'll make a very good one; but it's not every man's cup of tea."

"If he is all that is noble, good, and wise, so much the better; but if he is a dissolute, unprincipled rake, I would rather break my heart than unite my fate to his."

"To marry a man-to help him to reform his morals, and raise his character-is a very common motive: how very few can tell an instance where it has been successful!"

"It is foolish to set our hearts upon a woman who is so determined to keep us at a distance."

"We should esteem each other, love each other, bear with each other, and grow old together, rejoicing in each other's strength and supporting each other's weakness."

"For sure there is nothing like cold blood, to beget hot courage."

"Love is of the nature of a fern, which shoots and prospers best when you least see it, and are most neglectful of it."

"It is a very sad thing to be a strong man, when you can do nothing."

"The more I see of men, the less I like them; and the more I see of women, the better I understand my mother."

"A man who is thoroughly selfish may be very generous, about things that do not cost him any trouble."

"Surely there is nothing wiser than to laugh at our own foolishness before other people are up to it."

"Un roman est un miroir qui se promène sur une grande route."

"Le pouvoir a cela de divin qu'il guérit de la plupart des piqûres de l'amour-propre."

"Grand Dieu! serais-je assez heuré pour trouver l'amour?"