Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.