Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.

Women prefer emotions to reasoning.

The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love give. I am man before being a prince, and when I have the good fortune to be in love, my mistress addresses a man and not a prince.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

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