Ninon de L’Enclos

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion…

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value…

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

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

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more…

The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them…

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength…