"In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another."

"Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever."

"The passions are the only orators which always persuade."

"We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have."

"One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one."

"It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves."

"It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one."

"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

"When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them."

"Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?"

"Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation."

"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

"Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person."

"When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate."

"When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate."

"We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine."

"We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves."