Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.

The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.

True love rules especially through memory.

By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.