I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love.

Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative

There is a certain pleasure in weeping.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

Excessive love in loathing ever ends.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.