A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them

Soft moonlight and tender love harmonize together wonderfully.

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

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

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

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

The loss of friends is a tax on age!