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

We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.

Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.

I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. ...We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and... deceiving a fool is an exploit worthy of an intelligent man. What has infused my very blood with an unconquerable hatred of the whole tribe of fools from the day of my birth is that I become a fool myself when I am in their company.

I am writing My Life to laugh at myself, and I am succeeding.

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives.