The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
I no longer find such pleasure in that preeminently good society, of which I was once so fond. It seems to me that beneath a cloak of clever talk it proscribes all energy, all originality. If you are not a copy, people accuse you of being ill-mannered.
Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.