A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

To say to a rich man: You are poor! is to tell the Archbishop of Granada that his sermons are worthless.

One admirable trait in women is their lack of illusions about themselves. They never reason about their most blameworthy actions; their feelings carry them away. Even their dissimulation comes naturally to them, and in them crime is free of all baseness. Most of the time they simply do not know how it happened.

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.

Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.

Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.

Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.