One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.

The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself.

Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate--how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise.

The curse of the great is ennui.

One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.

Tell me, sweet eyes, from what divinest star did ye drink in your liquid melancholy?

A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.