Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.