A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army.
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.