Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated.

I don't conquer, I submit.

I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable hatred towards the whole tribe of fools, and it arises from the fact that I feel myself a blockhead whenever I am in their company.

Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever

A man who makes known his love by words is a fool.

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.