French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)

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...love without esteem cannot go far or reach high. It is an angel with only one wing.
A husband is always a sensible man; he never thinks of marrying.
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid It must be education that does it.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
Jealousy is the art of injuring ourselves more than others.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.

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