It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army.
One must choose between loving women and knowing them.
Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
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.
I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour.