I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.
A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.
Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.