I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting.
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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.