Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.

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

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

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 woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.