That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.
Firmness is great; persistency is greater.
It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.