Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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.
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.