Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.
A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.
Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.
I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour.
Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.