In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him.

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.

When one of those skirt-bearing animals has set herself up above all by permitting herself to be deified, no power on earth can be as proud as she.

Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.

By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth by instinct.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.