Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses. – Alphonse Karr
Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr
Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. – Alphonse Karr
Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end. – Alphonse Karr