Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.

Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart.

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

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.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.