Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

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

In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.

Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.