The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.

I declare, on my soul and conscience, that the attainment of power, or of a great name in literature, seemed to me an easier victory than a success with some young, witty, and gracious lady of high degree.

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

When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more?

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.