The loss of friends is a tax on age!
Old age is a woman's hell.
It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.
Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.