Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

The passions do not die out; they burn out.

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

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.

I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour.

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