The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

It's a funny thing that people are always ready to admit it if they've no talent for drawing or music, whereas everyone imagines that they themselves are capable of true love, which is a talent like any other, only far more rare.

When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.

Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry.

Nothing makes people crosser than being considered too old for love.

If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all.