You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die.

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined.

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

All publicity is good publicity.