to seek a quarrel with a man is a bad method of pleasing the woman who loves that man.

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.