There is a certain time of life, when we value a good stomach more than the mind.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

War is nothing more than organized insanity. That's why crazy and unexpected tactics work most of the time. When they don't, we won't live to tell about it.

Life is stranger than any of us expected, There is a somber, imponderable fate.Enigma rules, and the heart has no certainty.

You are the posterity of your family. You are either continuing the progression or regression of your ancestors.

Black as night, sweet as sin.

I think we have to focus,on exactly what the priorities are.

I think that at one moment you're apt for one thing, and at the next moment you're apt for something else.

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

How beautiful, how buoyant, and glad is morning!

The bed is a metaphysical piece of furniture.