“Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.”

I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.

The smallest errors are always the best.

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.

Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

One is easily fooled by that which one loves.

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.

How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!

You are a fool in four letters, my son.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Things are only worth what you make them worth.

You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.