The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

Some follies are caught, like contagious diseases.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.