A man's own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe.

No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.

The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.

Neither the passions not justice nor politics nor the great social forces ever consider the victims they strike.

Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.