It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love.

We should lay in a store of food, but never of pleasures; these should be gathered day by day.

Soft moonlight and tender love harmonize together wonderfully.