Love is often the fruit of marriage.

Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

I have the knack of easing scruples.

Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.

To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.