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

Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man

A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.

Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life's duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.

No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.