‘Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale

Her infinite variety: other women cloy

The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry

Where most she satisfies; for vilest things

Become themselves in her.’

William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra 1606

‘Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I pick the one I’ve never tried.’

Mae West

‘J’ai bien besoin d’avoir cette femme, pour me sauver du ridicule d’en être amoureux.’

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Le feu plus couvert est le plus ardent.

French proverb