Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment

It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.