I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

Every man is his own worst enemy

Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.