There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art for which imagination and soul are certainly very welcome, but which can also provide its own secret remedies to compensate you for the absence of either or both, if you so desire.

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.

Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.

Happiness is a wondrous commodity: the more you give, the more you have.