Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.

There are other things besides beauty with which to captivate the hearts of men. The Italians have a saying: "Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.

When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.

A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.

Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.

Old age is a woman's hell.