"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."

"To love is to make a compact with sorrow."

"In love, great pleasures come very near great sorrows."

"Benevolence rejuvenates the heart, exercise, the memory, and remembrance, life."

"Calumny spreads like an oil-spot: we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains."