A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.

We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.

I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.

Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.

True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!