Love knows nothing of modesty.

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

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.

To speak of love is to make love.