There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached.
Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.
Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.
A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.