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.
Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
Old age is women's hell.
Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us.