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.
Marriage is the tomb of love.
The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won.
economy spoils pleasure
We love without heeding reason, and cease to love in the same manner.
As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.