Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
Betrayed and wronged in everything, Iโll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where Iโll be free to have an honest heart. - Moliรจre, The Misanthrope
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.