The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.

People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.

There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman.

In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.

To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor.