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.

The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.

The less heart, the more comfort.

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

Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

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