“She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?”

Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

Every true passion thinks only of itself.

I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.

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

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.

There is no such thing as “natural law”: this expression is nothing but old nonsense… Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.

Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?

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

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.