As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other.
We love because we love.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!