"The time spent with a lover is an ending in itself, not a prelude to a more desirable circumstance"

"It wasn't love. It wasn't romance. I don't know what to call it, but it was much more refreshing than fairy-tales and…"

"I realized something profound: love is it's own entity. It stands by itself or else I wouldn't have been able to rema…"

"I wanted all that was due to me"

"Virtue and Love are two ogres: one must eat the other."

"I have seen more than one woman drown her honor in the clear water of diamonds."

"For my part, I remained a close prisoner, without a visit from a single person, none of my most intimate friends dari…"

"Besides, I had found a secret pleasure, during my confinement, from the perusal of good books, to which I had given m…"

"It is the merit of those who praise that makes the value of the commendation."

"To envy anybody is to confess ourselves his inferior."