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.

I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

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

Spring appears and we are once more children.

When you want to court a woman, court her sister first