Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory.

Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.

Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.