I believe that she loves me as much as she is able to love; unfortunately, that is not enough for me." "It certainly seems to me that, so far, she has not shown herself madly in love with you." "Ah, madly! Do you know many women who love madly with their hearts and souls?
You talk like a college braggart.

There are conquerors like yourself who, if we are to believe them, would devour a whole convent at their breakfast.

These men excite my pity.

As for me, really, I have always felt that it was most difficult to make one's self really loved.
In these days of prudery, almost all women of rank appear 'frappe a la glace', like a bottle of champagne.

It is necessary to thaw them first, and there are some of them whose shells are so frigid that they would put out the devil's furnace.