The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable.

I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better.

Happy are those lovers who, when their senses require rest, can fall back upon the intellectual enjoyments afforded by the mind! Sweet sleep then comes, and lasts until the body has recovered its general harmony. On awaking, the senses are again active and always ready to resume their action.

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.