"At twenty, man is less a lover of woman than of women: he is more in love with the sex than with the individual, howe…"

"The life of a woman is a long dissimulation. Candor, beauty, freshness, virginity, modesty — a woman has each of thes…"

"The ear is the last resort of chastity: after it is expelled from the heart, it takes refuge there."

"The heart of youth is reached through the senses; the senses of age are reached through the heart."

"Restif de la Bretonne undoubtedly holds a remarkable place in French literature. He was inordinately vain, of extreme…"

"Les hommes font les lois. Les femmes font les mœurs."

"The standing armies, while a burden on the people, are inadequate for the achievement of great and decisive results i…"

"Ce temps, si court, a des langueurs mortelles Quand l'âme oisive en compte les instans: C'est le travail qui lui donn…"

"Dans les espaces immenses de l'erreur, la vérité n'est qu'un point. Qui l'a saisi, ce point unique?"

"Il n'est pas permis à tous les hommes d'être grands, mais ils peuvent tous être bons."