Remorse turns us against ourselves.

If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.

The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go out.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

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

I only study the things I like; I apply my mind only to matters that interest me. They'll be useful-or useless-to me or to others in due course, I'll be given-or not given-the opportunity of benefiting from what I've learned. In any case, I'll have enjoyed the inestimable advantage of doing things I like doing and following my own inclinations.

Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.