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

A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

Old age is a woman's hell.

The joy of the spirit is the measure of its power.

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

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

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

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

Misfortune was my god.

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.

I enjoy building more than managing.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.