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.

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.

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

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

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

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.

All publicity is good publicity.