Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.
The quarrels of lovers are like summer storms. Everything is more beautiful when they have passed.
Elegance is exquisite polish.
In looking around me seeking for miserable resources against the heaviness of time, I open a book and I say to myself, as the cat to the fox: I have only one good turn, but I need no other.
Love is the only possession which we can carry with us beyond the grave.
Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.