Nicholas Valentin de Latena

“J. De Finod (ed.) A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881)”

“Women like balls and assemblies, as a hunter likes a place where game abounds.”

“One may be better than his reputation or his conduct, but never better than his principles.”

“To remain virtuous, a man has only to combat his own desires: a woman must resist her own inclinations, and the continual attack of man.”

“A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile, often frightens away a prude; but, when real danger forces the former to flee, the latter does not hesitate to advance.”