In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.

The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

A man seldom finds people unthankful, as long as he remains in a condition of benefiting them further.