If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.
It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.
Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.