Mistress Quotes

Dread not infanticide; the crime is imaginary: we are always mistress of what we carry in our womb, and we do no more harm in destroying this kind of matter than in evacuating another, by medicines, when we feel the need.

Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.

A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.

Chess is a beautiful mistress.

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

Listening is one of the lesser-known skills that mistresses offer.