Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

Virtue would not make such advances if there were not a little vanity to keep it company.

Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice.