Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.