A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette on equality
There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette on freedom
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette on friendship