Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored.

It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.

For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool?

I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.

The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.