It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.

Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue.

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.