The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

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.

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.