All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death

One can be well-bred and write bad poetry

There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting.

To inspire love is a woman's greatest ambition, believe me. It's the one thing woman care about and there's no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.

Reason is not what decides love.

Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.