The less heart, the more comfort.

Inconstancy is the child of satiety.

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

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.