Marriage is the tomb of love.

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

I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian.

Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite mine, I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it. I have also been extravagantly fond of good food and irresistibly drawn by anything which could excite curiosity.

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.

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

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