Ninon de L'Enclos
  • The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.

  • The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

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

  • Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

  • The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.