Love knows nothing of modesty.

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.

A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.

Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise.