Humility is the worst form of conceit.
The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.
The reason why most women have so little sense of friendship is that this is but a cold and flat passion to those that have felt that of love.