The loss of friends is a tax on age!

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

A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.

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

Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love.

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.

One must choose between loving women and knowing them.