Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.

Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. ... there are no age limits for love.

The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.

There is no such thing as "natural law": this expression is nothing but old nonsense... Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.

If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.