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.
It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.
One must choose between loving women and knowing them.
Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us.
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.