As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering.

When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.

The memories which come to us through music are not accompanied by any regrets; for a moment music gives us back the pleasures it retraces, and we feel them again rather than recollect them.

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

One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.