“The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.”

“The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.”

“The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.”

“First I loved women, then animals, and now I love stones. They're just as amusing as women and animals and they're much less trecherous.”

“Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome youngman is often deformed. There are hearts in which love does not keep. Young girl, thepine is not beautiful; it is not beautiful like the poplar, but it keeps its foliage inwinter.”

“A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.”

“To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.”