If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.

Wasting one's youth is better than doing nothing at all with it.

To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.

It is obviously quite difficult to be no longer loved when we are still in love, but it is incomparably more painful to be loved when we ourselves no longer love.

Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.