Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
Our true passions are selfish.
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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.
A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.