“Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.”

“If you judge by appearances in this place,' said Mme de Chartres, 'you will often be deceived, because what appears to be the case hardly ever is.”

“There are those to whom we dare give no sign of the love that we feel for them, except in things that do not touch them directly; and, though one dares not show them that they are loved, one would at least like them to see that one does not wish to be loved by anyone else. One would hope them to know that there is no beauty, whatever her rank in society, whom one would not look upon with indifference, and that there is no crown that one would wish to purchase at the price of not seeing them again.”

“The human heart will never wrinkle.”

“One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.”

“We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love”

“Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.”