If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

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

Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love.

Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.

Firmness is great; persistency is greater.

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

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