Nature endows woman alternately with a particular strength which helps her to suffer and a weakness which counsels her to be resigned.
Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.
The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.