I did not sell myself for money. I bought success at a great price.我没有为了成功出卖自己，我只是付出了高昂的代价

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer to our prayers. 事事顺遂，定有大祸

Fashion is what onw wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehood the truths of other people. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life time romance.

A woman's first duty in life is to her dress maker.

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are.

–How you men stand up for each other! –How you women war against each other!

The duchess of Pandua
I am as hungry as a widow for a husband, as tired as a young maid is of good advice, as dry as a monk'a sermon.

A smiling mask of friendship to all men, until you have them safely in your grip, then you can crush them.

Conscience is but the name which cowardice fleeing from battle scrawls upon its shield.

A sermon is but a sorry sauce, when you have nothing to eat with it.

Women's love turns men to angels, the love of men turns women into martyrs.

When men love women, they give them but a little of their lives, but women when they love give everything.

Vera or the nihilists
They have spoken to us by the sword, and by the sword we shall answer.

They starve while we surfeit, they toil while we idle, they sicken while we poison.

They asked you for bread, you gave them a stone. They sought for freedom, you scouraged them with scorpions.