The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he
Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.