Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.
Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins.
A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.
It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army.