It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.

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

When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.