Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love.
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.
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us.
Old age is a woman's hell.
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.